Bricklayer

In its 10-year existence, the Arcola Theatre has attracted many rave reviews — but its artistic director, Mehmet Ergen, likes to recall one memorable panning. Tired from the long journey into east London, one dyspeptic critic wrote of his "great dislike for the Arcola Theatre in darkest Dalston. It's a nightmare to get to... on a menacing main street... patrolled by terrifying hooded youths".